US Patent Issued to Sea Swivel on March 25 for "Swivel mounts for attaching and maneuvering accessories over the gunnel of a boat or any other mounting surface" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,111, issued on March 25, was assigned to Sea Swivel Inc. (Key Largo, Fla.).

"Swivel mounts for attaching and maneuvering accessories over the gunnel of a boat or any other mounting surface" was invented by Mark S. Berta Jr. (Key Largo, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Swivel mounts, mounting assemblies for boating accessories, and boats having such are disclosed. The swivel mounts include a support member, a mounting member, and a swivel element for enabling the mounting member to swivel relative to the support member. In some cases, a trolling motor mount bracket and/or a trolling motor may be coupled to the swivel mount. In fur...